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Engaging Indigenous people within Higher Ed

CQUniversity's Office of Indigenous Engagement recently hosted a visit from the Oodgeroo Unit of Queensland University of Technology (QUT), at Rockhampton Campus.

Professor Anita Lee Hong, Director of the Oodgeroo Unit, and Lone Pearce, Project Officer, met with Office of Indigenous Engagement staff to discuss employment issues and best practice models for engaging Indigenous people within the higher education sector, including governance matters.

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London outing good for CQU Press profile 

Published on 21 March, 2005 

CQU Press publisher/author Professor David Myers and Press authors Marie Mahood and Marion Houldsworth have provided readings for 'An Evening in the Australian Outback' in London.

PhotoID:1766 The trio presented their readings on Thursday, March 10, at Australia House in The Strand.

The 'Evening' was presented by the Menzies Centre for Australian Studies and King's College London.

The event resulted in a full house and was chaired by Dr Ian Henderson of the Sir Robert Menzies Centre at Kings College, University of London, with introductory scripts provided by Professor David Myers.

The ladies received Australian patriotic corsages of gold and green. Their readings provoked many questions from the audience. Afterwards they signed and sold their books to the English audience.

Photo: CQU Press authors Marion Houldsworth (left) and Marie Mahood prepare to plunge into battle at the huge London Book Fair, striving to find a UK distributor for their regional Queensland histories, biographies and memoirs.